Red, White & Royal Blue

look. this started out as a three-star cookie-cutter made-for-film romcom for me. but that was only the beginning. the middle, the end -- oh my god. this book bloomed into a brilliant love story as i read on. i'm not American or British (in fact, i come from a country the British wrecked) but i (guiltily) felt like i was both, simultaneously, cheering for Alex and Henry and their happy ending that they deserve, goddammit. the twists were predictable. that's all right. the side characters? 1D tropes at times, especially Henry's side of the family and Alex's mum + handlers. but that's All Right. in the end, it managed to make Alex and Henry's characterisation shine even more. if i reread this book (and i will reread this book) it will be for the emails. god, those emails. those digital love letters in which they bare their hearts to each other. the postscripts in which they convey their longing through someone else's words oh, henry. (this is not a reference to william sydney porter.) i have such a soft spot for this boy (i say, a year younger than his canon age). alex/the author's prose is never as gorgeous as when it's about henry. it's as if everything is grey and monochrome on the page (no offence, author) until henry steps onto it, and then -- a vivid explosion of emotion shaped into words that made my eyes tear up. fxck. maybe the book works for me because of that -- because it's so obvious how deeply alex loves henry, how deeply in love he's fallen for the prince, how everything else matters, too, but it's unsaturated grey where henry is golden warmth. fxck. (i'm not even going to talk about the alternate universe where a woman is president of the United States here because -- oh god the wistfulness hurts) i'm going to read this book again -- not for the plot or the aforementioned alternate universe or anything but the impossible exchanges between two boys who are each other's forever.

「良い」という事で正直読めればいいかな程度の気持ちで注文したところ、予定より早く到着。本の状態を確認したら、ほぼ新品レベル！折れやシミ、書き込みも全くなくてビックリしました。とても良い買い物ができました！お勧めします！

Came nearly a week early. Was covered in a layer of dust. Had to wipe it down several times to remove the dirt feeling. Unfortunately the pages had dirt smudges on them. But otherwise awesome. This story is awesome, I particularly love the extra ending from Henry’s perspective. Rounding things out nicely.

アマゾンプライムで映画を鑑賞して 原作を読みたくて購入しました。 まだ読み込んでいませんが 英語の勉強にも役立てると思います。時間はかかると思いますが最後まで読み切ります。 他で手配できなかったけど すぐに手にできて感謝です。ありがとうございました。

Was so hooked up with the movie, I needed to buy the novel!!! Worth it!

映画はロマンスに重点を置き、主役のふたりがハンサムでチャーミングで大人の男性の色気まで醸し出していて大成功。ストーリーがどうのこうのより、主役ふたりのケミストリーが半端なく、映画の大ヒットに繋がったのは間違いないと思います。一方の原作本、映画化のずっと以前に読みましたが、作者の文体のせいなのか、読み終えるのに時間がかかり、アメリカの政治、人種問題、イギリスの王室の是非など多くの問題提起も背景に描かれていて興味深いのですが、ちょっとドタバタしていて長すぎるなあ、という印象でした。映画観賞後、改めて読み返してみたらAlexとHenry が映画よりガキっぽい印象、でもラブシーンは結構いっぱいあったんだな～インパクトが薄くてすっかり忘れてた(笑) 初版より数年遅れて出版された本には、ボーナスでわずかのページ数ですがAlex とHenry のその後が垣間見れます。なるほど、そういうことに、と微笑ましい。 遠い将来Alex は大統領に、Henry はfirst husband(first gentleman? )になったりして??

紙袋にそのまま入って届きました。 他の方よりはまだマシでしたが、表紙の角が折れていました。 割れ物ではありませんが、折れ等防止策として緩和材で保護して頂きたかった。

メディアを読み込めませんでした。

Tof boek, snel en goed geleverd

Ho comprato questo libro per i disegni e il capitolo in più ( nonostante avessi già il libro) E non ne sono rimasta delusa, anzi è meraviglioso!!! Disegni bellissimi, e il capitolo extra è stratosferico!! Questo libro mi ha fatto amare ancora di più questa storia.

Book came in a good quality

Well this book was kind of everything and I loved every second. I had heard so much about this from other reviewers and I was so excited when I was approved for the eARC. This book was absolutely adorable and definitely was worth all the hype I had been seeing about it! Red, White, & Royal Blue is about Alex, who is the First Son of the United States of America. He was thrust into the spotlight after his mother became President, and basically become like American royalty. It's no secret that Alex really does not get along with royalty, Prince Henry, but they soon get mixed into an international scandal at Prince Phillip's wedding. They are forced to become "friends" and participate in photo ops and spend time together to help save face for both of their families. However, they soon figure out that maybe all the animosity between them was really something more all along. Okay, first things first. I've seen this being labelled as a young adult contemporary book on some websites, but this is definitely not. It is a new adult romance at the very least. There are a lot of steamy scenes and fade to black moments, nothing too descriptive, but more than what you would see in a typical YA contemporary book. With that out of the way, I loved basically everything about this book. I thought the plot was amazingly well paced, I never found myself bored or hoping that the plot would just get going. I was entertained the entire time, and even though it does follow the typical romance formula, the author did some intersting things in the story that made it feel fresh and fun. I also really enjoyed the political elements of this story. We got to see the President and Alex trying to navigate this whole romance and its ramifications during the election year, and see Henry struggle on his end with what this relationship would mean for the "Royal Image". I thought all of that was super intersting and gave the book a deeper level of story telling. This book was also extremely diverse! We have bisexual and gay characters, a transgendered character, and lots of POC rep. And the cherry on top is that these labels did not define the characters! They were part of who they were, and yes their sexuality and race was important to the plot, but it was not their only defining characteristics in the book, and every character was developed beautifully. We also had a female president and tons of strong female characters in positions of power. Speaking of characters, Alex was hilarious. He is outspoken, brash, but still so unfailingly loyal to those he loves, that it made it hard to not love him. Henry was Alex's perfect foil. He was calm, quiet, and more subdued, but so passionate about topics and people he loved. The way they came together and worked through the tough times was really beautiful, and the really are a new OTP of mine. Nora and June were equally amazing. I loved seeing them grow individually and really learn what it as they wanted to do with their lives. Seriously, I loved all the characters, I can't think of a major character who was flat or not talked about enough. I felt connected to them all and enjoyed reading about their character arcs. Basically the TDLR is that I loved this book.

Gran historia.